Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1545 1550 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Sphiggurus vestitus Thomas 1899 Sphiggurus vestitus Thomas 1899 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 4: 284 . Type Locality: Colombia . Vernacular Names: Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine . Distribution: Colombia , small area of the E Andean cordillera about 60 km WNW of Bogotá at about 1300 m . Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. Discussion: Reviewed by Voss and da Silva (2001) , who included Sphiggurus in Coendou . Includes pruinosus according to Cabrera (1961), Concepción and Molinari (1991), Woods (1993) , and Soriano and Ochoa (1997) , but see Voss and da Silva (2001) for a discussion of the morphological distinctiveness of these two taxa. Assigned to vestitus group based on presence of bristle-quills ( Voss and da Silva, 2001 ).